Paige Green (u/paigeg52)

Posts

25

c/pet-training-tips•

paigeg52•8mo ago

My kids quit fighting after they started helping with dog training

3 comments

9

c/budgeting-wins•

paigeg52•8mo ago

Cashless tip prompts are blowing my budget without me noticing

2 comments

10

c/tiny-house-living•

paigeg52•8mo ago

I finally navigated the city water hookup for my tiny house

3 comments

16

c/history-mysteries•

paigeg52•8mo ago

Unpopular opinion: My attempt at a Victorian-era pudding revealed a clash between taste and historical accuracy

3 comments

5

c/vegan-recipes•

paigeg52•8mo ago

Always scoffed at vegan pastries, but the surge in artisan shops around here forced a taste test and now I'm sold.

3 comments

Recent Comments

7mo ago

in

Small win: after ages of waiting, my drywall seams came out perfect

Thin mud and careful sanding, huh? My one attempt at drywall made it look like a topo map of the Alps. I had lumps where there should have been lines, and I sanded so much I created a new dust cloud in my living room. Let's just say I'm not allowed near the joint compound anymore.

7mo ago

in

Found a weird fix for orange peel texture with a potato

Wondering if the spud juice creates some weird chemical thing with the paint.

7mo ago

in

So I tried to make a custom headboard and it's... leaning

Ever have that happen to you? It's so frustrating when they bend and become useless... just adds more work to deal with.

7mo ago

in

Had a book club debate with my dentist, now every cleaning comes with a lecture.

South Carolina's dental board actually has a policy about this, believe it or not. It says dentists should avoid non treatment related lectures during appointments because it puts the patient in a captive audience. Your dentist mixing a personal debate with a professional service kinda crosses a line. It makes it hard for you to speak up or leave, which isn't fair. You're there for a cleaning, not a seminar. Maybe they just don't realize how awkward and one sided it feels from your side of the chair.

7mo ago

in

Cultivating a side hustle through handwritten letters and word-of-mouth feels like a distant, slower world now.

Whoa, I totally get this. I used to roll my eyes at the whole handwritten note thing, like just send an email already. But then I tried slowing way down on my own replies, really thinking about what the other person said instead of firing off a quick answer. That slowness is the whole point, not the paper. You can totally do it with a typed message if you put in the same care. It just means not treating people like tickets to close.